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Terry Pratchett used to hang around on alt.fan.pratchett. When he came to South Africa, me and a few other folk from the news group had dinner with him.
by scanr 8y ago
Terry Pratchett used to hang around on alt.fan.pratchett. When he came to South Africa, me and a few other folk from the news group had dinner with him.
- peteri 8y agoJudging by his first message https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.fan.pratchett/bWb4gGA2Tbs/y_ZiKds_-YQJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.fan.pratchett... , connectivity was via demon so I'm guessing from the date (Demon launched on the 1st July 92) he was one the first tenner a month subscribers. I seem to remember that his cix account had something along the lines of "Yes I am that Terry Pratchett" in the equivalent to the finger command. Sadly demon as a brand has been killed by it's current owners https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/11/vodafone_to_shutter_demon_internet/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/11/vodafone_to_shutter... . I think I got on the internet properly a year or so later, although I had access via various means early than that.